Dr Lauren Bleakley
BSc(Hons), PhD
Biography
Dr Lauren Bleakley is an early career researcher who was awarded her PhD from The University of Melbourne in 2022. Lauren’s PhD studies, completed at The Florey under the primary supervision of Professor Chris Reid, involved studying the mechanism of how genetic mutations in the gene HCN1 cause epilepsy and determining the best treatments for this condition.
Career highlights
Other highlights
- Lauren’s PhD research was published in both The Herald Sun and Adelaide Advertiser
Research project
Awards and achievements
- 2023 – University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher grant
- 2022 – Mark Rowe Award (best publication by an early career researcher) from the Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS)
- 2021 – Royal Society of Victoria Young Scientist Research Prize for Biomedical and Health Sciences